othelladub's Diaryland Diary

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everybody needs a bosom for a pillow

everybody needs a bosom for a pillow / everybody needs a bosom

For those not in the know, I have a fantasy basketball team on Yahoo! Sports. Unfortunately, one of my top players is Ron Artest.

Brutal. Just brutal. The fans are nuts. Throwing beers and objects at the players. C'mon! Ridiculous.

A few of the players overreacted, I'm sure, but I tend to try to imagine their perspective: A mob of angry and nutty-mass-dementia-energized crazies is spouting obscenities and throwing OBJECTS your way -- what do you do?

The pen is mightier than the sword. Discretion is the better part of valor. In the spirit of those fine proverbs, I submit to you: Don't Step on Superman's Cape. Don't spit into the wind. You don't throw no beer on no Ron Artest, and don't go in a Detroit Gym ... (sung to the tune of the Jim Croce classic: "Don't mess around with Jim.")

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more as it develops